The Long Bloom — Thriving in Life’s Second Half

The Problem

"Midlife is often sold as a crisis and later life as a decline. Yet research on thriving in the second half points to things we can do: keep growing, stay connected, adapt to change and loss, and give what we have."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

See your second half on a longer, more hopeful map
Grow, connect, adapt and give in practical, weekly ways
Make peace with a regret and edit what no longer fits
Leave with your own Long Bloom plan for the years ahead

The science behind it

What you'll learn

The difference between lifespan, healthspan and the years you enjoy
How curiosity, friendship and purpose sustain later life
Practical ways to cope with change, loss and loneliness
How to keep your tank full, and what to do when joy dips

What's included

Everything you get

42 tools across 8 modules, 26 of them built for this course
A reader for every module, built from the tools and checked against them
An audio guide on every tool, a course audio guide and a talk video for every module
Private fillable workbooks for 41 tools, kept on your own device; the second-half check stays online

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For anyone from their mid-forties onwards: still working or retired, caring for others or living alone, starting again or settling in. It sits beside AgeWell, Brave Joy and Joy in Motion.

We are living longer than any generation before us, yet most of what we hear about the second half of life is about decline. A companion to Kerry Burnight's Joyspan, Chip Conley's Learning to Love Midlife and Tim Sharp's Live Happier, Live Longer, this course turns their ideas into practices: a longer map of life, a kinder relationship with your body, curiosity and wisdom, a circle worth tending, resilience, peace with old regrets, purpose for this season, and a plan for keeping your tank full.

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Grow, connect, adapt and give: the decades after forty-five as a season to bloom, not a decline to endure

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